Volume XI—Number 15 CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE February 4, 1972 Brotherhood Week Feb. 21-25 Vinnie Burrows To Set Stage by FRANK ANDERSON STAFF REPORTER Construction and renovations of facilities on the Corning Community College campus are presently being planned by an imaginative committee working under the name of Facilities Workshop. Last Friday, many Corning students and faculty members found themselves stranded and unable to attend their eight and nine o’clock classes due to an unexpected snowstorm that hit the Corning area the night before. Abandoned cars of all makes stalled traffic the entire length of Chemung Street and Spencer Hill Road. A similar sight was to be seen on the treacherously icy Powderhouse Road. The Crier suggests that Bailey Creek Road is the most favorable route to take on such hazardous days. It is too bad that City and County snow-removal agencies The planning is centered around the prospects of new activities, or non-classroom facilities. Work-shoppers are drawn from the entire college community and includes faculty, students, administrators and staff personnel. Robert W. Frederick, president are reluctant to service the college. Perhaps if students and faculty presented formal complaints to the President’s Office, such problems could be averted. A man who is young and conservative does not have a heart; a man who is old and liberal does not have a brain. of Corning College, is hopeful that the committee can come up with a plan that achieves “continuity along with diversity.” All ideas are discussed at workshops that will conclude on February 18-19 at the Corning Community YMCA. Instrumental members of the workshops, aside from President Frederick, include Ron Hofsess, advisor; Daniel Toan, chief architect; Kathy Dunn, student; Dr. James Hudson, professor of music; Ray Jackson, director of SPARK; and Donald Beck, Dean of Students. These key people, along with other committee members, are striving to come up with a plan that “fits the needs of everybody.” The last workshop being two weeks away, many ideas have already been discussed and formulated. Other interested factions are welcome to attend the workshop or get in touch with the previously listed persons to submit ideas or needs. President Frederick particularly pointed out the need for more black students’ ideas in order to establish a broad spectrum of thoughts as to what the new facilities should include. by FRANK ANDERSON CRIER STAFF REPORTER National Brotherhood Week, February 21-25, will manifest at Corning College the same week with the second annual Brotherhood Days on and around the campus. Events outside as well as in the classroom are planned to promote a more healthy climate of understanding and benevolence. Working under the theme that the “Best proof that Brotherhood has failed is that we still have Brotherhood Week,” the campus committee, chaired by Vince Ann Stamilio, is making the final preparations for the campus-wide events. The kick-off to campus Brotherhood activities is the appearance of black entertainer Vinnie Burrows, performing on campus Wednesday, February 16. Miss Burrows sings, recites poetry, and relates to the audience the history of Black Art in America. It is anticipated by Miss Stamilio and her committee that the Burrows appearance will set the stage for a meaningful Brotherhood Week. Planning for the Week is originated from students, faculty and staff, including Director of Activities at the college Albert Papa-relli and his assistant, Nancy Andrews. Cooperation from the faculty thus far has been encouraging, as many professors have consented to carry over the Brotherhood theme into the classroom. Presentations during Brotherhood Week will include the subjects of art, mass media, sociological topics, the psychology of brotherhood, and the polytechnics of coexistence. A dance-keg affair will conclude the week Friday afternoon, February 25. It is hoped by the committee that Brotherhood Week will serve as an effective tool in bridging the racial gaps that exist not only on campus, but across the country. Spring semester entering freshmen are explained details of surviving at Corning College by Professor Bob Kelly. Part of the Orientation, events also included a luncheon and campus tour. Crier photo by Doug Hicks Facilities Workshop: Dreams Into Realities What’s Inside and where to find it Brotherhood Week Facilities Workshop Traffic Snow Job Page 1 An Honorable Profession . . Page 2 Is Russia Number One? . . . Next Week's Activities Reader Reaction Book Store Info Questions and Answers . . . Column, Right! Return to Corning Reactions to State of Union Greater Role for American Youth Page 6 Campus Colloquy Pesticide Control Traffic Snow Job Editor’s Notes: An Honorable Profession by T. E. MARTIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Critics of Richard Nixon have been many from equally numerable walks of life. Nixon lacks the charm and charisma of a John F. Kennedy. The touch of down-home earthiness is not evident as it was with Lyndon Johnson. He is not the glib, fluent, persuasive speaker that manages to appease the people regardless of what he is really saying. His manner is unemotional, often stoic. His dogged perseverance and strength of conviction suggest a hard-headedness that does not rub well with people. He knows what he thinks thoroughly, and moves to those ends with precision and forethought that make him a master in the art of politics. Simply, Nixon does not present an image that is, let us say, likeable. Primarily because of this lack of personality that Americans traditionally look for in their presidents, Nixon has had to work harder, longer, and with more determination to convince America that he is doing a good job. Last week the President announced to a national television audience and appropriate press coverage his secret efforts to end America’s longest war. Not without its political overtones, the announcement nevertheless was a refreshingly honest and candid report to the people Nixon serves. The disclosure that Nixon so poignantly revealed must serve in some way to silence his many dovish critics. For the past year, Henry Kissinger has met with Hanoi to bring an end to the conflict in the Far East (dare I say Viet Nam?). His approach to the settlement was, without question, the most dramatic diplomatic measure in the last twenty-five years. Further, it is probably the most important. No other war in the history of the United States has brought more inter-turmoil in the form of riots and demonstrations, protests in the form of draft evasions, and discontent in the form of the entire peace movement. Nixon presented to Hanoi a deadline for withdrawing all American troops in exchange for U.S. prisoners of war, a measure his critics have so long asked for. He only asked in his move for peace that Hanoi allow the South Vietnamese to elect a new government apparatus, which he even left open to the communistic National Liberation Front. Not enough. The North insists that America must assist them in overpowering the current South Vietnamese government. Is this a reasonable demand on the part of Hanoi? It is because of Nixon’s efforts that the move for peace has moved beyond the stage of arguing over the shape of the table. It is his concern for peace that kept the significant peace talks private and behind closed doors, in the hope that secrecy would bring about the birth of a settlement. It has come to the point when it is not entirely naive to say that “Tricky Dicky” is a remarkable man. Damned remarkable. Why can’t we, now that the end of conflict is truly in sight, stand behind the President in his sincere desire for a generation of peace? America has reached the stage when we must stand united, or tragically fall into a boiling pot of chaos. This is my opinion. Know Thy Candidate Is Russia Number One? by JAMES WILLIS MANAGING EDITOR Since her humiliating retreat from a showdown with the U.S. over missile sites in Cuba, Russia has adopted a policy of cautiousness with regard to its ultimate goal of global communist dominance. It now appears that this strategic plan has succeeded above expectations. While the United States has pumped in excess of $22 billion per year into South Vietnam, annual Soviet aid to North Vietnam runs from 1/2 to 1 billion dollars. This allows Russia to concentrate more on defense spending, while at the same time forcing the United States to a stalemate in Southeast Asia. The extra defense spending has enabled the Soviets to penetrate into the Middle East, Africa, the Far East and South America. Egypt, Russia’s focal point for Africa and the Middle East, has received over $2.5 billion worth of military and economic aid last year from the U.S.S.R. Soviet bases in Egypt could facilitate Soviet advances southward into the Indian Ocean, Africa, and westward across North Africa into the Mediterranean. Russia now occupies African bases in Aswan, Inshus, Mansura, Beni Suef, Gyuan Klis and Cairo West, including five Soviet fighter squadrons at other locations. The Mediterranean Sea has been deluged by hundreds of warships from all the major powers. Russia’s naval fleet in the Mediterranean now boasts of having a total of sixty battleships. Because Russian seaports are so scarce much of their naval supplies come from Alexandria and Mersa Matrah. Besides Egypt, Soviet aid in the Middle East is supplied to Syria, Iraq, Libya and Algeria as well, with 750 military advisors sent to Syria and 250 to Iraq. Russia’s strategy is simple: to develop a network of harbor facilities at Mauritius, Aden and Hodeida, Yemen and Birbera in the Republic of Somalia, while arms and advisors extend Soviet influence into Sudan, which dominates Red Sea approaches to the Indian Ocean. By doing this, Russia will have its desired seaports to major waterways and at the same time have a dominating influence over the Middle East, the supplier of 80% of Western European oil. Since the Cuba conflict, the Soviet influence in South America has been clandestine and subversive, working its way into Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and unsuccessfully in Mexico, where five Russian diplomats were expelled for their part in a plot to train terrorist guerillas. The time has come, and it may already be too late, for America to heed the call for a greater increase in our defenses. Sure, it will cost the taxpayer, the little man, and big business alike, but it will cost us all a lot more than that if we continue to let the Russian parasites persist in their efforts to be number one, which they unfortunately are. This is my opinion. The Red Star Is Now Number One. The Crier Published by the students of Corning Community College Editorial Board: Thomas Martin, Editor in Chief James Willis, Managing Editor Anita Gordon, Business Manager Philip Schweiger, Sports Editor Judy Thomas, Layout Editor Douglas Hicks, Photography Editor Henry Bennett, Professor of Philosophy, Advisor News Division: Daniel White, World and National Chief Bruce Holmstock, State and Local Chief Dave Neely, College Chief Dan Gray, Entertainment Chief Vicki Kichman, Features Chief Diane Liddington, Columnist Chief Reporters: Richard Smith, Roger Van Houten, Patti Page, Deb Price, Pat Jones, Jerry Holden, Joe Capariccio, Joan Rozengota, Barb Nelson Columnists: Jim Jefferies, Bob Conboy, Jim Styles, Joan Rozengota Staff Cartoonist: Chip Dundas Photography Division: Jim Fedele, John Walsh, Tony King, John Wiggins, Dan White, Mark Walker, Matt Walker, Glen Mathis, Barb Nelson, Joan Rozengota, Fred Brinthaupt Sports Division: Frank Anderson, Cindy Ackerman, Ray Hughes, Mark Walker, Tom Abeam Business Division: Suzie Sweet, Cher Palmer, Lynda Hussey, Mary Zulkolsky, Denise Keene Office Crew: Ardith Okrepkie, Chief Hanne Pasko, Sheila Finnell, Pat Jones, Dan White, Deb Price, Mary Hobczuk, Richard Smith, Jerry Holden, Dan Gray Layout: Sally Chamberlain, Chief Circulation Division: Sheila Finnell, Manager Dan Gray, Dan White, Mary Hobczuk, Jerry Holden The Crier is published weekly throughout the fall and spring sessions through the Student Activity Fund. Editorials and columnal opinions are the views strictly of the author and not necessarily the Editorial Board or Administration. Student reaction in the form of letters to the editor are urged and welcomed. All copy submitted is subject to editing by the Editors. page 2 the Crier/February 4, 1972 Psycho Nixes Nixon Reader Reaction: Public Apology At this time, I would like to clarify a situation which arose during Christmas vacation. In the Dec. 4 issue of the Crier a classified ad ran saying “Body for sale. Inquire 7 Sage St., no psychos.” This was intended as a Joke. However, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKnight, my landlords, were very disturbed. At this time, I would like to publicly apologize for any embarrassment I may have caused them and remind everyone that it was a joke and I’m sorry if anyone took it otherwise. Sincerely, Sally Chamberlin P.S.: Just for the record, I no longer live at that address and I received no replies to the ad. Dear Editor, I would like to commend you on your selection of Richard M. Nixon as “man of the Year". He has one of the most heartening records in civil rights I have seen since the governship of George Wallace. This man has through his attempts to block intregation made himself at least equal to that red neck, conservative pain in the neck Gov. Wallace. The President through his stringent refusal to get busing moving along has allowed the reactionary conservative element to entrench itself in the government. If this element is allowed not only to shape the President’s domestic but also his foreign policy, the United States will become embroiled in wars throughout the world. Perhaps as far as his foreign policy (China) and domestic financial policy goes he may be the "Man of the Year". But as far as his domestic policy concerning intregation he could best be described as the “Redneck of the Year”. Sincerely yours, Larebil Sadrah P.S. If this preceding letter was confusing and incapable of comprehension it was written by a former mental patient at a state hospital not far from here. Please try to understand, be kind and I beg your indulgence. Next Week February 4-12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Basketball vs. Monroe College Commerce Club Keg-Dance Common Travelers Film, Battleship Potempkin Student Life Committee Commons Committee Inter-Club Council Fair 8 PM Field House 9-1 Commons 11:30 and 1 Large Lounge 8:15 PM Sci. Amp. 12:30-2 Commons, 210 1-2 Commons Office All Day Commons Lobby Corning Glass Employment Interviews 1:15-5 PM Commons, 210 Thatcher Glass Employment Interviews 1:15-5 PM Commons, 210 Ingersoll Rand Employment Interviews 1:15-5 PM Commons, 210 Inter-club Council Faculty Wives Dinner Vets Club Keg Wrestling vs. Auburn 1 PM Commons 6:30 PM Cafeteria 8:30-1 Cafeteria 2 PM Field House Used Book Store Facts TALENT PARTY The Used Book Store has tal- lied its first semester’s earnings and the statistics look like this: Used Book Store Books $ 205.55 Student Books Sold 1067.90 Money Returned to Students $1,002.90 profits to be turned over to the USED BOOK STORE FUND 270.55 The Used Book Store Fund was established June 9, 1971 by Gio- vina Caroscio with the help of Marge Chambers. The profits which are made in the book store are used as a book scholarship for deserving students. When the Used Book Store opened last Fall (1971) there was $302.40 in the Fund from the operating period Fall 1969 through Spring 1971. We are very pleased with the results and hope that the students at C.C.C, will continue to support this venture. Thank you, Margaret Caroscio Rose Ann Ewanyk Co-Managers, Used Book Store (1971-72) Draft Counseling Are you having problems with the draft? JOSEPH J. HANAK N:323 Call 207 Office Hours: MWF—10-11 a.m. 12*12:30 T-Th—9:10-2:00 ATTENTION: The factory representative of Josten’s will be at “The Commons” on Monday, Feb. 21, to aid you in the selection of your VISUAL DIPLOMA... The Official Corning Community College Class Ring DEPOSIT: $7.00 4 Week Delivery % FOR THE CRYSTAL SHOWCASE FOLLIES Feb. 15th 7:30P.M. 171 Cedar St. Come and Meet the Director FOLLIES WILL BE PRESENTED MARCH 1 and 2 IN THE CORNING GLASS CENTER Needed Are: CHORUS LINE GIRLS PARADE SHOW GIRLS MEN AND WOMEN (Singing and Dancing Chorus) SOLOISTS SKIT PEOPLE SPECIALTY ACTS FOR INFO CALL: 962-8834 Sponsored by Corning Jr. Women’s Club the Crier/February 4, 1972 page 3 Columnal Opinions Questions Column, Right! Pomposity And Answers Last week’s issue of the Crier saw the birth of a new concept for students of Corning Community College, i.e. to have questions regarding the sexual aspects of their lives answered. With delivery of “Questions & Answers,” the staff of the Crier is making an attempt to offer honest and candid answers and opinions regarding sexual mores and the medical and biological aspect of human sexuality. The staff feels that with this media of communication, we can reach the greatest number of students and can disseminate the knowledge most requested by the students of Corning Community College. All questions of a sincere, socially and morally acceptable nature will be answered. The staff exercises the right to select those questions which it feels are pertinent, timely, and morally and biologically in good taste. Whenever questions can not be answered by local persons, outside sources will be solicited. It is hoped that this format will be effective and worthwhile for students. This method of having questions of human sexuality answered through the media of a college newspaper has been tried in several colleges and has been very successful. We of the staff are looking forward to watching this concept grow from its embryo stage to a fully developed program. Question: I heard there is an awful lot of VD going around in the Corning area, Is this true? Answer: Yes, this is true. Even though there are no specific statistical evidences that would deal with Corning only, nationally, there are indications that show an alarming rise of venereal disease among young men and women. The U. S. Public Health Service estimates that more than a half million youngsters contact VD each year. Especially one venereal disease, gonorrhea, is on a skyrocketing upsurge. The national estimate is established from compiling statistics from all parts of the country with New York State being singled out as one of the highest as far as the increase in the incidence of VD is concerned. Question: If a student suspects that he/she has VD what can that person do? Answer: Of course the first thing to do is to find out whether the person has contacted the disease or not. This can be done by seeing the College Nurse, the Health Counselor or others on Campus and from there referrals can be made to a private physician if the student chooses or to the local VD clinic. Or the student could personally phone the Public Health Nursing Office, 962-2028, and make an appointment to visit the VD Clinic which is held at the Planned Parenthood Center at Coming Hospital. If it is established that the person is carrying the disease further help is available. Through these steps medical advice and treatment can be arranged but one thing must be kept in mind by all youngsters: if not detected in time, treatment and cure can be very complicated and there is a strong possibility of permanent damage occurring within the body of the person infected. by WILLIAM J. JEFFERY CRIER COLUMNIST Recently, a noted educator denounced the present college generation as being motiveless and proclaimed us as being unorganized, aimless, and unrealistic. Such a man holds the position of college president!? To the likes of this I address the following letter. Dear Sir, I beg to differ, You seem to overlook the fact that many of today’s areas of concern have been originally brought to the attention of the nation and have been actively supported by today’s youth. Let me cite Vietnam (which your generation sanctimoniously led us into). Also there is India and Pakistan and the Bangladesh concert and ecology and racial discrimination and many other forms of hideous social and political injustices. We are a positive, progressive, instrumental force trying in our meager ways to bring about some equality and good to this tortured world. By the way. what is the age of the bigot and what are the ages of the open minded on the show “All in the Family”? I find college students as being optimistic. active, farsighted and intellectually competent: whereas most of your generation I find are stagnant, pessimistic, complacent. disgruntled, and feel far too Christmas Special SOUTHERN TIER Plays Santa Claus All Year NEW FULLY GUARANTEED DACOR TGR TANKS WITH DACOR 400 REGULATOR Package Deal $99.00 NEW AQUAMASTER DOUBLE NOSE REGULATOR Only $39.98 NEW DACOR 800 REGULATOR Only $59.95 U.S.D. DOUBLES WITH NEW U.S.D. CALYPSO REGULATOR Package Deal $169.00 SOUTHERN TIER DIVING 209 Hoffman St. Elmira, N.Y. 14905 Call 732-6199 We Sell Fun much for the dollar and far too little for humanity. Who are the people who comprise the Peace Corps and V.I.S.T.A. and then look to see who comprise the Klu Klux Klan and the Weathermen? You cited the fact that more students left your institution this year than last because they could not find their way in your college. It seems that you feel that college is for everyone and people who aren’t college material are smucks. How can you be so pompous as to feel that it was irresponsibility on their part that led to their departure. Perhaps, some of your own shortcomings or that of the college and society were responsible for not fulfilling their needs. I am not trying to shift the blame as you did. but I feel that these students had guts to leave and try to make their way in a different style. They will most likely end up on the Bowery or drinking martinis every night in an effort to cope with the world. No, they will probably end up as factory workers who are the backbone of America. You also said that we are an instantaneous generation, one that would not wait for fifty years for something to happen. I would like to see you move out of your comfortable home and relocate in a ghetto and then we will wait fifty years to find you a newer tenement. How can you tell a starving child, a wounded, maimed soldier, or a raped woman to wait for one of your generation’s programs to reach its all-too-often meager conclusion? You are the kind of person who sees things as they are and asks why, we are the people who see things as they might be and ask, why not? FRANK THE TAILOR 10 E. MARKET ST. — CORNING, N.Y. Out-of-Sight and Priced Just Right College Wear Newest Styles in Jeans, Corduroys, Flares, Sweaters, and Shirts. Come See the “Easy Rider” Jacket. DROP-INN If you're lonely, depressed or would like to talk with someone who cares, Call 962-6806 or Visit the Drop Inn at 56 E. Market St., 2nd Floor Open 7 Days a Week! When you know it’s for keeps You can choose Keepsake with complete confidence, because the famous Keepsake Guarantee gives written proof of a perfect engagement diamond of precise cut and superb color. There is no finer diamond ring. Keepsake REGISTERED DIAMOND RINGS Rings from $100 to $10,000 Trade Mark Reg. A. H. 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For some of us January 27, 1972 brought with it the beginning of the end. This semester is the final one of many happy days (and nights) at CCC. After three, four and I hope only a few five semesters here the spring one is finally it. These are our last four months of being together, day after day, in the Pub, the large lounge, the library, of course the Crier office, or any other place in which you’ve located yourself for at least the past year and a half. Night after night Frenick’s has brought many people closer together, for instance crowding ten people into a booth made comfortably for four or three people making their way into the restroom at the same time. Corning Community College has been full of many happy experiences for most of us. We’ve got one of the finest staff of educators ever found at any college. We’ve got athletic teams which we can be and are very proud of. We have a small close knit school which for that fact has given us many opportunities to get involved in something of special interest to each of us and also because of its size. Corning lets us become a part of our college and not just one more lost and lonely student among 20,000. Well it’s not over yet, we’ve still got four more months to live it up together. It’s never too late to join a club and instead of hurrying home after your class come into the commons and shoot the bull with your old friends and make some new ones. After long hours at the books stop into Frenicks where old and new friends meet, and they might add (Continued on page seven) Now Army ROTC pays$100 a month. If you’re going on to a four-year college next year, take a look at the Army ROTC Two-year Program. It’s worth an extra $100 a month. Every month for 10 months of the school year. To spend on room and board, dates and ball games. To save for higher education. But Army ROTC means a lot more than more money. It means management and leadership experience that you just can’t get anywhere else. The kind of thing that can land you a better job, and move you along faster once you get it. It means a commission as an officer and everything that goes with it. The prestige, the pay, the chance to travel, the experience. Now ROTC looks even better. For the money you’ll earn today. For the person you’ll be tomorrow. Army ROTC. The more you look at it, the better it looks. Take it. Army ROTC P.O. Box 1270:1 Philadelphia, Pa. 19134 Tell me more about the Army ROTC Two-year Program. Name Address — City-------------------------------------------County . State __________________________________________________________________Zip . Four-year college planning to attend______________________________________________ JC 17-2-72 the Crier/February 4, 1972 page 5 Favorable Reactions To Nixon’s Speech WASHINGTON (WCNS) — “An eloquent, statesmanlike and moving appeal," Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke called it. ‘‘Clearly a challenge to the Congress and to the country,” said Senator Howard Baker from Tennessee. “A basically sound approach to today’s problems.” — Texas Senator John Tower. All three Republicans were referring to President Nixon’s third State of the Union Address. What was in the 4,000 word speech before Congress for college students? “I have found that college students respond to practically the same issues as their parents and others,” Senator Tower said. “The President’s message contains a sound set of constructive programs that respond to and act on the social and environmental problems facing us today.” Tower also emphasized that the President’s program can be accepted on a bi-partisan basis. “He has thrown down the challenge to attack these problems. It is now up to Congress to act on these proposals which have been pending for a year or more." The President gave his annual report a new dimension in a 15,000 word written message of past achievements and plans for 1972 — primarily an amplification of his intentions in domestic fields. The President’s judgment on two issues important to students illustrate the scope of this written report. (A “State of the World” message comes out February 8.) Environment: The President pointed out to Congress the achievements during his Administration so far: establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, new air quality standards, and a beefed up Refuse Act to stop water pollution — with more than 160 civil suits and 320 criminal actions filed in 1971. “The most striking fact about environmental legislation in the early 1970’s,” he said, “is how much has been proposed and how little has been enacted . . . The need for action in these areas is urgent. The forces which threaten our environment will not wait while we procrastinate.” He Transfer Interview Info Released The following colleges have announced interview times for CCC students: Cornell University School of Agriculture—Wednesday, February 9, 1:00 p.m. C 206B. Bentley College — Wednesday, February 16, 9:00 a.m. Miss Schuster’s Office. General Transfer, Question and Answer Period—Wednesday, February 16, 1:00 p.m. C 206B. Detroit College—Monday, February 28, 10:30 a.m. Miss Schuster’s Office. Due to budget cuts and enrollment restrictions SUC-Brockport may have to close freshmen and transfer admissions earlier than anticipated. Transfer students who have not yet applied to Brockport are encouraged to do so immediately. Brockport has no openings for the Nursing Program or the Social Work program for September 1972. Applications are available from Miss Schuster’s Office for AAUW (American Association of University Women) scholarships. Applications are acceptable from women degree candidates in the sophomore year of C.C.C, (prior graduates of Corning-Painted Post, Addison or Campbell high schools) who plan to begin the junior year at a four year college or university in the fall of 1972. Candidates will be judged on the basis of scholastic ability, character, personal qualifications and degree of financial need. Grants up to $500 may be awarded. Applications must be mailed not later than February 15, 1972 to Mrs. Robert L. Edwards, 19 Brown Road, Corning, New York 14830 (phone 962-5345). KEG TONIGHT 9-1 IN THE COMMONS Music Provided by Sweet Fever ADMISSION $1.50 COLLEGE I.D. REQUIRED BEER, SODA, PRETZELS, POTATO CHIPS Greater Role for American Youth pledged to include new proposals in his environment message, due the first week in February, and more than triple the 1973 environment budget over 1969’s level. Education: President Nixon recalled his two-year old proposals related to higher education: “student assistance measures to ensure that no qualified person would be barred from college by a lack of money, a National Institute of Education to bring new energy and new direction to educational research, and a National Foundation for Higher Education to encourage innovation in learning beyond high school. These initiatives are still awaiting final action by the Congress. They deserve prompt approval.” He also pointed toward new directions in career or vocational education. “Too often vocational education is foolishly stigmatized as being less desirable than academic preparation,” he said. “And too often the academic curriculum offers very little preparation for viable careers. . . . The unhappy result is high numbers of able people who are unemployed, underemployed, or unhappily employed on the one hand— while many challenging jobs go begging on the other.” The President promised to propose “an intensified federal effort to develop model programs which apply and test the best ideas in this field.” ANSWER FOR CROSSWORD (Editor’s Note: Excerpted from Richard Nixon’s State of the Union Address.) Full participation and first class citizenship—these must be our goals for America’s young people. It was to help achieve these goals that I signed legislation to lower the minimum voting age to 18 in June of 1970, and moved to secure a court validation of its constitutionality. And I took special pleasure a year later in witnessing the certification of the amendment which placed this franchise guarantee in the Constitution. But a voice at election time alone is not enough. Young people should have a hearing in government on a day-by-day basis. To this end, and at my direction, agencies throughout the Federal Government have stepped up their hiring of young people and have opened new youth advisory channels. We have also convened the first White House Youth Conference — a wide - open forum whose recommendations have been receiving a thorough review by the Executive departments. Several other reforms also mean greater freedom and oppor- tunity for America’s young people. Draft calls have been substantially reduced, as a step toward our target of reducing them to zero by mid-1973. Already the lottery system and other new procedures, and the contributions of youth advisory councils and younger members on local boards have made the draft far more fair than it was. My educational reform proposals embody the principle that no qualified student who wants to go to college should be barred by lack of money — a guarantee that would open doors of opportunity for many thousands of deserving young people. Our new career education emphasis can also be a significant springboard to good jobs and rewarding lives. Young America’s “extra dimension" in the sixties and seventies has been a drive to help the less fortunate—an activist idealism bent on making the world a better place to live. Our new ACTION volunteer agency, building on the successful experiences of constituent units such as the Peace Corps and Vista, has already broadened service opportunities for the young. FOR SALE: Ampeg Gladiator Amplifier Heavy Duty Lansings $400. 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State alcoholic beverage control regulations also prohibit participation by retail or wholesale licensees and members of their families. 11. Competition is void where prohibited by State alcoholic beverage control regulations. ENTRIES SHOULD BE SENT TO: GENESEE BEER POSTER COMPETITION c/o GREAT LAKES PRESS • 439 CENTRAL AVENUE • ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14605 page 6 the Crier/February 4, 1972 Diversions Campus Colloquy: Autumn in New Mexico CROSSWORD—By Eugene Sheffer ACROSS 1. Domestic 36. Medicated 54. Salt 8. American 37. Relaxation 55. Sunburns explorer pigeon 40. Serve 9. Snakes and 5. Indian unit 41. Discover DOWN lizards of weight 45. Press 1. Ointment 10. Those in 8. Baby’s bed 47. Twilight 2. Samoan power 12. Mimicker 49. seaport 11. Insect 13. Anger Fitz- 3. Pull apart 19. Joined 14. Smooth gerald 4. Wave 21. Perform 15. Cord 50. Classify 5. Alarm 23. Writhe 16. Thing 51. Inlet signal 24. Assistant (law) 52. Thailand 6. Before 25. Necessity 17. Church 53. Jumble 7. Delivered 26. Male hog part 27. Border 18. Title 28. Reagents (Fr.) 32. School 20. Small carriage The Answer books 33. Conflict 22. Souther- 35. Longing ner 26. French to this week’s 36. Female deer cap 38. Leases 29. Moist 30. Falsehood crossword puzzle 39. Perfect model 31. German 42. Charles river 32. Free will be found Lamb 43. Clique 33. Yield 44. Scotch hats 34. Khan on page 6. 45. Doctrine 35. Affirma- 46. Fish eggs tive 48. By way of (Editor’s Note: Eliot Porter is recognized as the finest color photographer alive today. Since 1939, when he gave up the teaching of medicine and science for photography, Mr. Porter’s particular interest has been nature photography with special emphasis on color. His work has appeared in such Sierra Club books as "Down the Colorado", and "In Wilderness Is the Preservation of the World”; the latter book is frequently described as one of the most beautiful ever published. The following article, the second by Mr. Porter for the Colloquy, is "an observation of nature”, and reflects the kind of sensitivity and perception that are unique to this eminent artist’s work.) by ELIOT PORTER In September the birds begin to come down from the mountains. Each morning my wife and I walk out into the pinons and junipers to watch for them and to look at the wild flowers. It was a wet August this year with almost daily rain storms right up into September. It is like a second spring with blooming flowers and the songs of birds. One calls with a sweet clear note —a single flute-like note — again and again. I cannot find the bird, for I am blinded by the morning sun just over the western foothills of the Sangre de Cristo range. From the top branches of the low pinons and junipers, other birds answer the call, indistinguishable in the bushy trees in the sharp morning light. Then one begins a soft melodious warble, which I have heard high in the mountains in June. Like a by SHELLY McINTRYE The Federal Environment Pesticide Control Act of 1971, H. R. 10729, which passed the House of Representatives in November, has caused concern among environmentalists since its inception. Conservationists feel that the bill as passed contains severe deficiencies, some of which would have been corrected in part by amendments submitted by Rep. John Dow (New York) had they passed in their original form. The Pesticides bill essentially weakens the present law and contains deficiencies which conservationists and other groups have strongly objected to. One Dow amendment would have changed the wording "parties at interest” to “parties adversely affected.” The latter term is used in the present law and has been accepted as including citizen groups. The amendment was defeated. leaving wording which clouds the issue of whether citizen groups have standing to obtain judicial review and challenge orders of the EPA administrator. The bill includes loopholes which will allow the restrictions imposed by it to be easily evaded and also permit penalties which would be insignificant to corporations. There are no controls over shaft of light in a darkened room, a bright illumination stirs sudden recognition and I remember the Townsend solitaire. Solitaires are well named. They haunt the grassy mountain tops where forest fires long ago destroyed the trees creating open, alpine slopes. They nest in June or July on the ground under the shelter of a rotting log or projecting slab of rock, and move down to the desert foothills of sage and pion and cactus to pass the winter. The other birds who first appear in the fall are driven from their cool summer homes in the high altitudes by freezing weather. Juncos and white-crowned sparrows come to feast on the millions of tiny seeds of the chamisa, or rabbit bush, growing profusely in arroyos illuminated by its golden blooms. Clark's nutcrackers come in late September when the pitchy pinon cones begin to unfold and reveal their brown nestled fruit. Jays come too for the harvest. The Steller’s jays, like Clark’s nutcrackers, are solitary birds who make their presence known by grating raucous calls. Both birds prefer to feed on the topmost cones of the pinon pines. You can see them easily among the upper branches. The Clark’s nutcracker is a stocky gray bird with black and white wings and tail, and a long black dagger-like bill. His white tail feathers and wing patches show clearly when he flies. The Steller’s jay has blue plumage so dark that it looks black in all but the best light, and a short bill and high pointed crest. His voice is a products intended for export, and definitions of “imminent hazard” and “substantial adverse effects on the environment” are thoroughly inadequate and have a built-in cost-benefit ratio which puts a price tag on human health and environmental quality. Pesticides control has been heatedly debated since their introduction after World War II. DDT warnings were issued as early as 1949 when it first appeared in milk. The most well-known attack on the use of pesticides was in Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, in which she stated that certain species of birds seem doomed to extinction because of the use of pesticides. Hard pesticides, which are chlorinated hydrocarbons, include DDT. aldrin, dieldrin. heptachlor, endrin. lindane, and chlordane. They remain persistent in the environment for many years. What scientists call “biological magnification” occurs in the use of these chemicals which are insoluble in water but extremely soluble in fat. The toxic chemical becomes increasingly concentrated as it moves up the food chain. Studies conducted in the Long Island Sound showed a relatively “safe” level of DDT which entered the water: .000003 parts per series of harsh chopping notes, easily distinguishable from the nutcracker’s single or double rasping call. Pinon jays have shorter tails than the Steller’s jays, and their plumage is a soft medium blue color, dark at the wing tips. They raise but one brood a year, nesting at a time determined by the abundance of food anywhere from as early as February till early summer. They nest in loose colonies of a few to several dozen pairs on the juniper-pinon mesas and flat lands that surround the mountains, and on the high plateaus of the arid west. After the young have fledged and can look after themselves, the pinon jays begin to move around in groups of all ages in search of food. As winter approaches, these groups coalesce into flocks of several hundred. In New Mexico’s September second spring, when the arroyos are filled with different yellow flowering, herbaceous plants and shrubs and with masses of purple asters, flights of chattering jays appear unexpectedly near my house like an undisciplined troop of bandits, clucking and mewing and cooing to one another to cement their leaderless confederation into ragged coherence. They caw noisily from the cottonwoods while they look the place over with crowlike curiosity. They have been here before and will return again when natural forage becomes scarce, but they do not yet deign to approach my feeder. On a sudden unanimous impulse they all take off in a straggling flock, still conversing among themselves, and fly off . . the Ugly million. However ,when the zoo-plankton in the water which absorbed the DDT was tested, it was found to contain .04 ppm. Minnows, which feed on the zoo-plankton, were fonud to contain .5 ppm, and the larger fish which feed on the minnows contained 2 ppm. Birds which eat the larger fish were found to contain 25 ppm DDT — a factor of 10 million times the “safe” amount found in the water. Dieldrin, a pesticide now widespread throughout the environment, becomes concentrated in animal body fat. The toxic poisons are stored in the cells and can kill animals, especially birds, either directly or can be stored in body fats for later destructive effects. If a bird draws on its body’s reserves during stress (such as during migration, rearing young or maintaining territory), the poison can invade the nervous system, sending the bird into agonizing convulsions and tremors, and after several hours it dies. One fight or flight can be lethal for a badly contaminated bird. Eagles are especially vulnerable, since they are at the top of the food chain. However, there is also wide concern for the sparrow hawk, osprey, brown pelican, peregrine falcon, mallard duck and other species who are sharing the same threat of extinction. DDE, a breakdown of DDT, affects the reproduction of these species by causing the mother’s liver to react abnormally and produce excess enzymes. These in turn induce a breakdown of steroids, including estrogen, which are essential to the manufacture of calcium. Lack of calcium causes thin-shelled eggs which are too fragile to survive incubation. Some pesticide residues are stored in the egg’s nutrient supply and the developing embryo dies before hatching. Hawks, eagles and ospreys are declining at rates as high as 20% per year. Of the thousands of brown pelicans in California, only one chick was reported hatched in 1970. Scientists have noted that dieldrin and DDT can also cause abnormal behavior in bird species. Sparrow hawks which have been contaminated have been known to devour their own eggs or newly hatched young. Not only are birds endangered from the use of pesticides, but the U. S. Bureau of Sports, Fisheries and Wildlife conducted a study of fish and found that DDT was present in nearly 100% of some 600 fish selected at random throughout the United States. During a six week period last year, some 60 sea lions were found on California beaches and were found to have absorbed a record 3,900 ppm of DDT into their bodies. In New Mexico, herbicide spraying to kill salt cedar trees which drink “too much" water may be responsible for the death and illness of many cows. A local veterinarian who performed autopsies on the dead animals found every major organ deteriorated, and preliminary tests show high levels of herbicides in the animals’ systems. The children of a local farmer who had been exposed to the spraying are also ill, possibly as a result of drinking contaminated milk. While the issue of pesticides is debated, eagles and other species are declining, and there are few statistics available as to what effect the chemicals have on man himself. The new Pesticides bill, which would amend the current Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, now goes to the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee for further debate. Return to Corning .. . (Continued from page five) to that, drink, sing, party, dance on the tables and have great times. The best of luck to all new and returning students, freshmen and sophomores. May this be a great fun filled semester for everyone. Pesticide Control The Good, the Bad, and the Crier/February 4, 1972 page 7 The Crier Sports Volume XI—Number 15 CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE February 4, 1972 Matmen Snap Victory Skien Alfred's Record at 39 Terror is on the face of Alfred’s Coach Babcock’s wife as she witnesses her husband’s team lose to Corning last week. Crier photo by Joan Rozengota Hoopsters 8-6 by FRANK ANDERSON CRIER SPORTS WRITER If it is indeed true that all good things must come to an end, it was inevitable that Alfred Tech's National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association consecutive victory record would be broken by the last team to beat them, some thirty-nine matches and four years ago. And so, the string is snapped at 39, leaving one of the most impressive records in NJCAA history in the record books. Despite the the inevitable defeat, Alfred appeared unbeatable going into last week’s match with Corning Community College. The Tech matmen were undefeated for the current campaign with an impressive 7-0 dual meet slate. Five Pioneer matmen had not yet tasted defeat. Opponents were looking more to just scoring points than to a team victory when up against Alfred. Confidence exudes from the wrestlers and their colorful coach, Nick Babcock. Unbeatable. That was the word. No one’s going to touch Alfred all the way to a second consecutive Regional Championship. That's all everyone heard. It seems, however, that someone forgot to tell Corning. Corning, 6-1 on the season, winner of the Roadrunner Invitational, and one of the most feared mat powers in the East, didn’t believe all that poppycock about Alfred being ‘‘unbeatable". Corning coach, John Polo, had some confidence of his own when he predicted, “We’ll win seven of the ten matches to beat them.” The Barons only won 5 (and 1 draw). But it was more than enough as Corning convincingly thrashed Tech. 23-20, and was never behind in the match. With two matches remaining it was 21-12. No contest. Dave Folmar, who has developed into a top-flight collegiate wrestler, got the “inevitable” ball rolling with a coasting 11-9 victory in the 118 pound contest. Dan Bunner fought valiantly but dropped a close 6-5 decision at 126. Co-captain, Pat Barnes, having his troubles of late snapped out of it to the tune of a 7-3 victory at 134 pounds, and Corning spirits brightened. The next two matches proved to be the most influential toward the Baron victory. Tom Mclnerny, long, lank and cat-like quick, played for two minutes with a Pioneer, seemed to lose interest, and flipped his opponent on his back and, wham, it was all over. Slick. All business. Corning 12. Alfred 3. Then came the showdown. The battle of the unbeatens. Both wrestlers 7-0. tough and confident. Alfred’s Gary Finch and Corning’s Marc Gillespie were paired off in the 150 pound bracket in what was billed as the meet’s most important match. Finch slammed, banged, cradled and muscled his way to a huge 8-3 lead late in the last period. But when you stack up eight points against Gillespie, you're going to be tired. Finch was. Gillespie looked for the opening, found it and pinned the listless Finch with forty-one seconds remaining. The outcome of the meet was more than inevitable now, it was certain. Corning led 18-3, and chants of “We’re number one” grew out of the Corning Field House partisan crowd. Alfred came back at 158 and 167 and pulled the score up to 18-12. A pin would tie it up, and Alfred had undefeateds Dean Griswald at 177 and Bill Zietler at Heavyweight coming up. The Alfred fans’ hopes went up. Maybe the inevitable wasn't so inevitable after all. The hopes soon vanished however, as Corning had their own undefeated man at 177 in Emad Faddoul. The always businesslike Lebanese Wonder craftily carved out an easy 8-3 victory, to put Corning ahead. 21-12. Paul Tompkins, on one of his finest mat appearances to date, needed hard work and a lot of determination to pull out a life-saving tie in the 190 pound division. At that point, Corning leading 23 14. even an Alfred pin would not give them a victory. Maybe to prove the point. Zietler pinned Mark Donahue anyway, but it was not enough as Corning walked away with a 23-20 victory. The Barons are on the way. Now 7-1. as is Alfred. Corning’s only defeat was an undermanned upset at the hands of Monroe. Emad Faddoul. Marc Gillespie, and currently injured Jim Brown are undefeated. If not for a little athletic stupidity (punching his opponent with 9 seconds remaining and leading 8-3) Pat Barnes would be. Dan Bunner and Dave Folmar are in the top four wrestlers in their division in the region. Paul Tompkins (second in the Roadrunner) could surprise a lot of people. It’s a promising picture that suggests a Regional Championship. It's inevitable. The Corning Red Baron Basketball team now has a record of eight victories over six losses. They have played in two tournaments, winning two games and losing two. The first of the tournaments was the Christmas Tournament here at CCC. Corning defeated Onondaga by a score of 80-77 and lost to Elmira 62-58. placing the Barons 2nd in the tournament. The second was an experimental tournament at Dutchess CC in Poughkeepsie. N.Y. with 11'4 foot high baskets. Corning gained a victory over Chamber-lain CC (75-40) and fell to Dutchess CC by a narrow 2 point margin (65-63). During the mid-semester break, the Barons had victories over Fingerlakes CC (101-84), the Mansfield Freshman (84-76), and Tompkins-Cortland CC (120-89). Steve Nash had an outstanding 43 points in the Tompkins-Cortland game and Ben Willis poured in 25 points for the Barons also. Their losses during the break were to Broome Tech. CC (65-58), Monroe CC (90-69), Elmira College (70-69) and to Alfred Tech CC (71-69). The Alfred game was played here at CCC on January 26th. It was almost an instant replay of the Elmira game on the 17th. There was a change in the starting line up—Steve Frey and Larry Ransey joined Steve Nash, Jim Herritt, and Butch Otis, instead of Rob McCall and Junie Wilker-son. The lead changed hands many times with Alfred leading by seven at halftime. The score kept see-sawing back and forth and neither team could seem to dominate the scoreboard. Corning came back strong in the second half but the score was still very close. As the buzzer sounded. Corning witnessed a disappointing loss (71-69) as the result of a last second foul by Steve Nash right at the buzzer. It was a very difficult call and unfortunately the referees decided that the foul was committed before the end of the game. This was another break for Corning—a foul was also made in the final seconds of the Elmira game and the Barons lost by a very narrow margin. Nash was high scorer with 22, McCall and Herritt had 14 and Junie Wilkerson had 11 for the game. Steve Nash is averaging 25.3 points a game with 12 rebounds, Jim Herritt’s average is 11 points and 11 rebounds, Rob McCall has an average of 14.8 points a game combined with 12 rebounds, Junie Wilkerson averages 8.6 points a game and 4 rebounds, and Ben Willis and Butch Otis round out the scoring by contributing 7.8 points and 8.1 points a game respectively. Corning is now rated 6th in the region. Coach Kenner feels that the team effort shown in the Alfred game was the best that he has seen so far this season. He also said that it has been a very frustrating season, with the team losing some very close games. The next half of the season is expected to be a lot better with the efforts of Rob Roy, the latest addition to the CCC hoopsters. The CCC Red Baron Basketball team scored its eighth victory on Saturday, January 29, by defeating the Finger Lakes Community College Lakers, 98-82. It was a rather slow moving game, with Corning leading at the half. 54-37. Steve Nash had another fine game along with John McRae who went in and made some very exciting shots. Corning had four men in double figures. Once again Steve Nash was high with 32 points. Rob McCall had 22 points, John McRae had 14. and Jim Herritt had 11 points for the game. The Barons once again showed a great deal of team effort. This was the second victory for Corning over the Lakers, earlier in the season they defeated them 101-84. Corning s undefeated Marc Gillespie begins to rise after his dramatic come-from-behind pin over Alfred s also undefeated Gary Finch. Gillespie’s pin was the turning point in Corning’s stunning victory over arch-rival Alfred, who had won a national record 39 wins before meeting Corning last week. Crier photo by Joan Rozengota